Nebula Awards Showcase 2006

Nebula Awards Showcases #40

by Gardner Dozois (Editor), Walter Jon Williams (Contributor), Mike Resnick (Contributor)

Each year, the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America(r) bestow the Nebula Awards to authors whose exemplary fiction represents the most thought-provoking and entertaining work the genre has to offer. Nebula Awards Showcase collects the year's most preeminent science fiction and fantasy in one essential volume. This year's winners include Lois McMaster Bujold, Eileen Gunn, Ellen Klages, and Walter Jon Williams, as well as Grand Master Anne McCaffrey.

Contents

1 • Introduction (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Gardner Dozois
8 • The Green Leopard Plague • (2003) • novella by Walter Jon Williams
73 • Basement Magic • (2003) • novelette by Ellen Klages
101 • Dry Bones • (2003) • novelette by William Sanders
123 • The Masters Speak: Introduction (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Gardner Dozois
127 • Science Fiction Century (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Jack Williamson
130 • The Way It Was (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Robert Silverberg
140 • Teaching the Art (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
142 • Change and Okay In All Around I See (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
145 • Then and Now (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Frederik Pohl
152 • The Voluntary State • (2004) • novelette by Christopher Rowe
188 • Grand Master Anne McCaffrey: An Appreciation • (2006) • essay by Jody Lynn Nye
193 • The Ship Who Sang • [The Ship Who Sang] • (1961) • novelette by Anne McCaffrey
213 • Coming to Terms • (2004) • shortstory by Eileen Gunn
224 • Embracing-the-New • (2004) • shortstory by Benjamin Rosenbaum
236 • Paladin of Souls (excerpt) • (2003) • shortfiction by Lois McMaster Bujold
250 • Zora and the Zombie • (2004) • novelette by Andy Duncan
271 • Film: The Year in Review (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Kathy Maio
283 • Travels with My Cats • (2004) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
304 • Just Distance • (2003) • poem by Roger Dutcher
305 • Octavia is Lost in the Hall of Masks • (2003) • poem by Theodora Goss
309 • The Cookie Monster • (2003) • novella by Vernor Vinge

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

372 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 2006

About the author

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.
Wikipedia entry: Gardner Dozois

http://us.macmillan.com/author/gardne...

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not enough stories. What's the deal with essays from luminaries of the field? Thanks for all the valuable insight, Anne McCaffrey. NOT.

[Claudiu · Rating 5 out of 5]

The green leopard plague / Walter Jon Williams
Basement magic / Ellen Klages
Dry bones / William Sanders
The masters speak : introduction
Science fiction century / Jack Williamson
The way it was / Robert Silverberg
Teaching the art / Ursula K. Le Guin
Change and okay in all around I see / Brian W. Aldiss
Then and now / Frederik Pohl
The voluntary state / Christopher Rowe
Grand master Anne McCaffrey : an appreciation / Jody Lynn Nye
The ship who sang / Anne McCaffrey
Coming to terms / Eileen Gunn
Embracing-the-new / Benjamin Rosenbaum
Exerpt from Paladin of souls / Lois McMaster Bujold
Zora and the zombie / Andy Duncan
Film : the year in review / Kathi Maio
Travels with my cats / Mike Resnick - Rhysling award winners
Just distance / Roger Dutcher
Octavia is lost in the hall of masks / Theodora Goss
The cookie monster / Vernor Vinge.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the short fiction in this collection is pretty cool, but there are two or three truly terrible stories, and a totally useless essay of the scifi films of 2006 (there were a lot!).
My rating isn't based on any of that, though. There's a series of fascinating essays by the living Grandmasters of Science Fiction about what writing in the genre is like, or was like. One of these guys first published a story in 1926, before there was even an accepted term for the genre- it was billed as scientifiction! And one of the essays is by Ursula K. Le Guin, whom I think I might be in love with. So, that's what got this book four stars: Ursula K. Le Guin.

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is like a primer to current Sci-Fi and Fantasy stories. It was a fantastic read.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid collection of sci fi stories.

[Richard Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fell a little flat, but a few good choices.

[Maria Fitzpatrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of the stories were pretty good